The Cecil Whig., 1887-10-29

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in his diamond straioht from R,avi
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cot tie pyopcr dress wig n,yder =,
everything complete. and having mt
| the articles into my BAG, went To one
| the railway stations and took a retu
ticket for station little vav ont
the country.
"To my disgust | found it impossit
to get a compartment to myself. the ira
was too crowded but | reflected that t
trains returning to Paris would probab
be much less crowded in the afterno
tina those going into the country.
"Iu this supposition | was right.
hung about lhe suburban railway 5,
tion till A return train was abont IN STA,
1t was nearly emntv and a dopoe,r
the guard secured me the privacy nee
ed. BY the time | returned to Paris
was a stout benevolent looking Fren
PRIEST, in comfortable circumstances. \
snit of weeds | had placed in nv ba
which | took care to leave at the railw
station. Then made the best of nv W
to the Hotel Continental
Il was iust in time for the table d'ho,
and as | took nv seat noticed wi
GREAT satisfaction +b,, ,n, +ro,s.,I,,,
friend was sitting not verv far OF a,
that he had not a SUSPICION of NV ide
tity. Nothing 7 knew couId ho do
until after dinner 81 7 waited thror!
the tedious procession Of cnrrsas as :,
tientIy as | cou1d and when at last thi
came to an end. I followed the Americ
and a little group Of men " ho surround
him to the smoking-room. It was n
exactly the place for a ptiest hnt con
not help that.
Il sat down by little round tai
near the American. but slightly behil
him, 50 as to be able to hear the copv,
sarion without Joining in il unIess I wis
ed. From time to time | offered a ,
mark, speaking, of course, in French
the man who sat next me hpt for +
most narr smoked NV c;g,r and .;nn
nv. c,tra. i, .iI,,co
"As I eynrcted # w. not Io,,, hofo
dja,pon5s hoo.ma ,ho snhi,o+ ac oor,n,
sa+ion
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m,s.lf, said ~, ,,,,or,oo,, s,,o,,.i,
his native tonapa .h,+ Tn toId br 20,
judges that thar's about as GOOD a sto,
as you Ii see anywhere round (Almo
exactly the phrases, | said to mvse
which the fellow used to me at N,ceN
''TGu kin take look At it, he add
carlessly, drawing off the ring and han
ING it to one of the group. I bent fo
ward. so as to see more clearly what W
going ON. One after another tho M
who were SITTING near e,,nined and a
mired the ring. The man next me VI
the last to look at it.
GA friend hev at Buenos Avres 60
it TO me and had it cut myself said II
American.
AT this point Noticed that nv peig
Dor had finished his examination of II
diamond, and | touched him, intimatil
that too would Ike to have lcok
it. He handed it to me as a matter
course.
1T was the very ring which had be
exhibited i'll the same way at Nice.
had the imitation ono which had be
palmed off upop me ready in NV han
and under pretepce of trvinp the sae
of the gem on nv FINGER. ! easily subs
tinted the one for the other sIipned +,
false ring on nv fncer admired il as
dptv bonnd and thar nr,l;r,, i .
turn gave it to the American.
81 nut the real diamond which T h.
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